Place Autocomplete fragment clear button set visibility gone

Question

I get and fetch current location and selected location but when i pressed cancel cross button it will clear it all, but now cannot clear from variable.. please help me Thanx in advance

how to check empty text in place autocomplete fragment?? when i clicking cross(cancel) button it jzt clear but cannot clear the current location from the variable. i want to remove the cross button. Plz help me @ Bajirao Shinde — Shaalz, Feb 27 '16 at 07:45
@Shaalz have you found a solutin to check if autocompleteText is empty ? — ghita, Mar 22 '16 at 09:13

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 22 '17 at 06:46

This solution has worked for me:

<FrameLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">
        <fragment android:name="com.google.android.gms.location.places.ui.PlaceAutocompleteFragment"
            android:id="@+id/place_autocomplete_fragment"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
        <View
            android:id="@+id/view_callback"
            android:layout_width="45dp"
            android:layout_height="45dp"
            android:layout_gravity="right|center_vertical"
            android:background="@android:color/transparent"/>
    </FrameLayout>

I have put a transparent view over the PlaceAutocompleteFragment. This view should cover the cancel button. Then, in Activity/Fragment, after obtining view reference:

closeCallback.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
            autocompleteFragment.setText("");
            return true;
        }
    });

This solution works because when you put a empty string we obtain the same result.

Aakash Jindal · Answer 2 · 2016-03-16T13:17:26.707

You can not set its visibility gone. and there is no listener also.
May be it will be available in google next update.

Not a correct solution but if you really need it. You can create a white view on cross button using relative layout so the user is not able to see the cross button.

 <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_below="@+id/actionBar"
    android:id="@+id/ll1"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="@dimen/_40sdp"
        android:alpha=".9"
    android:background="@drawable/home_page_search"
   android:layout_margin="10dp"

    >

<fragment
android:id="@+id/place_autocomplete_fragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:name="com.google.android.gms.location.places.ui.PlaceAutocompleteFragment"
 />


        <View
            android:id="@+id/view1"
            android:layout_width="@dimen/_50sdp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:background="@color/white"
            android:layout_margin="@dimen/_5sdp"
            />


    </RelativeLayout>

and put a clicklistener on it so that cross is not clickable

Place Autocomplete fragment clear button set visibility gone

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